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# Satellite

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# Navigation
Video: First satellites of EU's Galileo navigation system launched
European and Russian scientists worked together to set up today’s launch using a Soyuz rocket.
# Your Say
Poll: Is space exploration worth the money?
As one of NASA’s dead satellites comes crashing to Earth, we ask if space exploration is worth the money spent on it. What do you think?
# Uars
Ireland is safe as NASA satellite falls
NASA is still awaiting confirmation that the dead satellite has re-entered Earth’s atmosphere but the space explorers believe it fell over Canada and vast areas of world’s oceans. Nobody has been injured.
Falling NASA satellite slows down, Earth strike delayed
“It is still too early to predict the time and location of re-entry with any certainty,” says NASA.
# It's coming
NASA satellite set to hit earth on Friday but where?
Even scientists won’t know until Thursday or possibly as late as the day itself…
# Satellite
Nasa satellite falling back to earth this week
A Nasa satellite the size of a bus is expected to fall back to Earth on Friday – although scientists say they cannot predict where it will land.